Meme > Top 100 Books

Sep. 22nd, 2025 10:06 pm
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Meme came from like LJ 2008 era by [personal profile] revivingophelia so I don't know if this list is accurate anymore but whatever.

The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed. Well let's see.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you LOVE.




Read more... )

Did I read most of the above for school? Yes, yes I did... except for Harry Potter, Da Vinci Code & Jane Austen stuff, that was for pleasure. But technically I've read more than 6, but just barely - yay me?

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Sep. 22nd, 2025 05:52 pm
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It is becoming a challenge to find songs with September in the title which I can tolerate. This is a kind of Beach Boys do wop song.

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Title: Unaffected
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: [personal profile] veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S7, during ep. 7x12 “Potential.”
Summary: Buffy and Spike talk while walking home with the Potentials.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Challenge: #491 - Riddle by [community profile] fan_flashworks

Crossposted: Sunnydale After Dark


READ: Unaffected )
 

Ain't that the truth!

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Fic: A Family Affair (Winslow Boy)

Sep. 21st, 2025 08:34 pm
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As I mentioned about a month or so ago, I did some AU_gust prompts, starting with flash fic for the prompt Romance, using the UC generator to get a summary for The Winslow Boy. It was a bit of a complicated summary for flash fic, and it's just taken me about, um, seven weeks to straighten this out into being a reasonably more comprehensible bit of AU nonsense than it was at the start. idk why. Anyway, also for [community profile] genprompt_bingo & two [community profile] allbingo squares (for two different bingo fests of theirs, that is, I'm not cheating).

A Family Affair (1472 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Winslow Boy (1999)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Robert Morton/Catherine Winslow
Characters: Catherine Winslow, Robert Morton (Winslow Boy)
Additional Tags: AU-gust | August Writing Challenge 2025, Alternate Universe - Regency, Regency, Unconventional Courtship Generator, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Stranded
Summary: Catherine Winslow's day is getting worse by the minute.

LJ IDOL, WEEK 10.

Sep. 21st, 2025 08:22 pm
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Intrigant: a person who intrigues. a person who pursues by secret means.


___________________________________________________________________________________________

It happens every few days, without fail.

I lose control.

I go on a binge.

I abstain as long as I possibly can, and sometimes I manage to do so longer than others, but deep down I know it will be just a matter of time before I relapse all over again.

In the earlier days, I was naively of the belief that this was something I would be able to stop eventually. That I could do it once a week and get by.

I would convince myself of it during that in-between period. There would be no more repeat performances, I would be able to fulfill my desires with smaller doses until I didn’t need to do it anymore.

I could stop any time I wanted to, I knew I could.

Whenever I was able to exert that willpower for a higher number of days than before, I would grow more sure of myself.

I had finally gained control, I was sure, I had rid myself of the habit.

I was wrong, obviously.

The longest I ever managed to last without doing this, once I started, was two weeks.

Two weeks of pure hell.

The blowout that followed was colossal when I finally broke down and let myself do what my every fibre of my being was begging me to do.

I’ve never let myself abstain for more than a few days since then.

There's just no point.

I know I’m living on borrowed time if I’m honest. Eventually someone is going to notice something.

I’m quite surprised that no one actually ever has yet; but then again I suppose it’s not really that easy to pick up on unless you know what signs to search for; and most people aren’t actively looking.

It’s not as if I don’t hide it well either. It’s been ten years since this started, so I’ve had plenty of practice, after all.

Sure I look tired sometimes, drawn, a little thinner. But doesn’t everyone at some point?

This has been a part of my life for a decade, and will be for more to come, I am well aware of that.

The constant hunger gnawing away at my insides, burning deep inside of me always wins out and always will.

I always sate it.

Such is the life of an addict.

It’s unlikely to end at all, or well, if it does.

Still, a part of me that wants to believe this could work out; that I could get a happy ending at some point, even though I am painfully aware that happy endings were never meant for people like me.

Such is the life of a monster.

That's what some people would call those of us driven by a compulsion to keep tending a voracious hunger that is never and can never truly be satisfied.

I can stave it off for a while, as I often do - temporary starvation always makes the next time that much better too - but sooner or later I have to indulge again.

I have to gorge myself.

To glut.

To feed.

Such is the life - or rather, afterlife - of a vampire.

__________________________________________________________________________


fiction.
..... or is it?

Week 10 and I hadn't written a vampire story yet. Obviously had to fix that!
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I'm a proud born-and-bred Illinoisan, a State where there is so much opposition to the Orange-Tinged Dictator. A number of you may know of the ways that my State's Governor -- JB Pritzker -- stands against the Dictator. A number of you may know that Illinois was the very first State to pass legislation opposing book bans in libraries. A number of you may be aware of the Dictator's recent direct threats of war against Chicago with his AI-generated image of Chicago in flames and his "Apocalypse Now" references. A number of you may already have seen Illinois Senator Karina Villa confronting ICE agents and telling them "This is my city. Get out of my city...." but I want to make sure that she gets seen and hopefully this video gets spread.


https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TZQlqpogGWk

Snarry Bang 2025 Gift

Sep. 21st, 2025 11:38 am
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As part of the wonderful Snarry Bang Cruisedirector and I received the lovely work Mistake by the lovely FairyCucumber

Thank you so much, I see new things in your art every time I look at it!

Fic Post!

Sep. 21st, 2025 11:24 am
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[personal profile] cruisedirector and I have committed fic!

Title: The Referee
Authors: [personal profile] cruisedirector and [personal profile] dementordelta
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 4100
Written for: Snarry Bang 2025
Summary: Harry shows up to give Snape a piece of his mind, but ends up giving him something else.

The Referee
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Tennis rackets and ball
Free stock illustration by HtcHnm on Pixabay

TEAM ITALY - 2025 WORLD CHAMPIONS
2nd time in a row, 6th time overall

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Made with screen captures from SuperTennisTV live streaming (SuperTenniX).
For entertainment purposes only. No copyright infringement intended.


Sara, Jasmine, Elisabetta, Lucia, Tyra, Tatiana (coach).
Our amazing Dream Team!
Entering the Billie Jean King Cup tournament as defending champions and claiming the title again at the end of an outstanding week.

Ci avete regalato un altro sogno.
GRAZIE RAGAZZE!


 
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Title: Laid Bare
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: Spuffy
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some coarse language
Word count: 200 (Google Docs)
Setting/Spoilers: Set in S6, at the end of ep. 6x07 “Once More With Feeling.”
Summary: Buffy’s POV. The moments after “Where Do We Go From Here” that lead up to the Spuffy kiss.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Prompt: [Amnesty XLVI] #001 Sweet + #144 Ache + #356 Double/Triple Drabbles by [community profile] 100words
Challenge: #468 - One Step Closer by [community profile] drabble_zone
Challenge: #406 - Bare by [community profile] anythingdrabble
Challenge: [Sep 10 out of 20] Sweet by [community profile] sweetandshort
Prompt: #43 - Sweet by [community profile] emotion100
Crossposted: Sunnydale After Dark


READ: Double drabble/Laid Bare )

Be the First! Flash Round IV

Sep. 20th, 2025 06:36 pm
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[community profile] bethefirst is a challenge that invites participants to create the first fic for an otherwise fic-less fandom (terms and conditions may apply), and the results of an autumn flash round just went live!

Be the First! Flash Round IV Collection

It features a whopping 30 fics based on a wide range of media, with a great spread of categories and ratings. You can also find creators'
fandom promos for introductions to some of the canons.

I'm still making my way through the collection, but everything I've read so far has been fantastic, and I'm compiling a list of new-to-me canons to check out. I definitely recommend manually browsing, if you're interested, since not all of the fandoms have been canonized as AO3 tags yet.
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September 21 is considered to be Ray Vecchio's birthday and is celebrated annually by due South fandom as "Ray Vecchio Day". This is a day to show RayV some love by posting a RayV-centric fanwork or meta or recs related to Ray Vecchio or David Marciano (tag it as being for Ray Vecchio Day 2025).

Posting to the collection is now open at Ray Vecchio Day 2025 Collection on AO3 and a master list will be assembled on September 28th.

25 in 2025

Sep. 20th, 2025 03:00 pm
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1. learn to hem pants
2. go to a new grocery store
3. attend a jhope concert in Brooklyn
4. make an essential oil spray
5. submit an application for a job
6. interview for a job
7. participate in a fic exchange
8. read a manga
9. go to Costco
10. work!
11. eat at a new restaurant
12. explore a trail at a new state park
13. try a new craft
14. play new board games (Canvas & EXIT game)
15. try new recipe
16. play a sport (PICKLEBALL! I went to my first intro to pickleball class today at the YMCA and it was fun. I may go back).

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